Initially released to IMAX theaters at the crescendo of millennial fever and 60 years after the original Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 was meant to revitalize Walt Disneys goal of a constantly evolving film, with new segments replacing old ones with each re-release. Only The Sorcerers Apprentice remains, with seven new shorts. Angular, abstracted butterfly-like shapes fly through the air in Beethovens Symphony No. 5; computer-animated whales take flight in Respighis Pines of Rome; Al Hirschfelds caricatures of New York life come alive in George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue; Hans Christian Andersens The Steadfast Tin Soldier is retold with computer animation against Dmitri Shostakovichs Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102; frantic flamingos try to stop their yo-yoing comrade in Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, Finale; Donald and Daisy Duck play Noah and his wife trying to manage the ark to Sir Edward Elgars Pomp and Circumstance; and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth are celebrated in Stravinskys Firebird Suite. ~ Emru Townsend, All Movie Guide